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Associate-Clinical Laboratory 7 On 7 Off

Baptist·Columbus, Mississippi

Full Time·On Site·0-2 yrs·Posted 26 days ago
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About the role

Responsible for the dispatch, transport, and processing of blood and other clinical specimens. Assists laboratory staff with clerical and technical tasks to support diagnostic testing and patient care.

Job Summary

Responsible for dispatch and/or transport of blood and other specimens.

Assists the laboratory staff with clerical and technical tasks indirectly related to the delivery of quality patient care, for the purpose of diagnostic testing.

May perform CLIA waived laboratory testing.

Performs routine duties in the lab.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Adhere to all specimen collection and preservation requirements, media requirements and storage.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in receiving specimens in the lab.
  • Follow accreditation standards, regulatory agency requirements and institutional policies.
  • Accurate and complete patient identification requirements, using at least three (3) unique patient identifiers.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in recording and retrieving laboratory data.
  • Timely distribution of samples.
  • Proficiency in specimen tracking.
  • Proficiency in reference lab specimen requirements, receiving and processing.
  • Proficiency in loading and unloading of blood culture bottles and performing CLIA waived tests.
  • Assists customers, including answering phones and responding to customer inquiries
  • Cleans and maintains laboratory supplies and work area
  • Assists with training and educating new employees and students
  • Completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Education

  • Minimum Required
  • Certification/Degree in the following areas which include, but are not limited to medical technology, clinical laboratory, chemical, physical or biological or equivalent years of experience and education.

Preferred/Desired

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Requirements

Requires a certification or degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, chemistry, physics, biology, or equivalent experience. Must be proficient in specimen handling, regulatory compliance, and patient identification protocols.

  • professional certificate
  • associate degree
  • bachelor degree
  • Customer Service
  • Specimen Collection
  • Patient Identification
  • Specimen Tracking
  • CLIA Waived Testing
  • Laboratory Maintenance
  • Reference Lab Processing
  • Laboratory Data Recording

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Location
Columbus, Mississippi
Posted
Jul 2, 2026
Application
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BA

Hiring organization

Baptist

Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated...

Salary listed on 3 jobs
IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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